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    Paderborn (German pronunciation: [paːdɐˈbɔʁn] ⓘ; Westphalian: Patterbuorn, also Paterboärn) is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and Born , an old German term for the source of a river.

  2. Die Stadt Paderborn ( [paːdɐˈbɔɐ̯n] ) ist mit über 156.000 Einwohnern (Stand 2023) [2] eine Großstadt im östlichen Teil des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Sie liegt im gleichnamigen Kreis und ist dessen Kreisstadt, ist Universitätsstadt, Oberzentrum und Mittelpunkt der Region Hochstift Paderborn.

  3. Short history of the town. Paderborn is a young, dynamic city with a history of 1,200 years. The city is proud of its lived traditions and its noteworthy past, which can be discovered in the following. 777. Charlemagne's first Frankish Imperial Assembly held on Saxon ground.

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  5. Paderborn was the birthplace of the Holy Roman Empire when Charlemagne met Pope Leo III there in 799 to discuss the founding of a German nation. Excavation of Charlemagne’s palace there began in 1964 and has uncovered many artifacts. Since 805 Paderborn has been the seat of a bishopric, and it joined the Hanseatic League in the 13th century.

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